THE PRODUCTION OF $sup 238$Pu IN COMMERCIAL LIGHT WATER REACTORS.

Abstract

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$sup 238$Pu PRODUCTION IN COMMERCIAL WATER REACTORS EXPERIMENTAL AND ANALYTICAL PROGRAM.

“…It was possible to modify some of the methods described in Ref. 1 Although no experimental data on this reactor will be available until it is operated, the results calculated by SNE agree well with values reported in the Final Safety Analysis Report for the reactor. Work will continue with the two-dimensional model of the base reactor to find the optimum arrangement for replacing burnable poison rods with neptunium targets.…”